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I’ll Try: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes

Written by Jonatha Brook

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Left hand Sleepy heartbeatThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany I’ll Try without reading music. The left hand plays sleepy heartbeat (root bass · 1 · 3 · 3&), and the right hand sings the tune.

I’ll Try accompaniment in letter notes

The Abm – Eb – Abm – Eb loop with sleepy heartbeat in the left hand. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.

Bar 1
Abm
RAb4+Cb4+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 2
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 3
Abm
RAb4+Cb4+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 4
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4 D4 Eb4 F4 G4 Ab4 Bb4 C5 D5
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 5
Abm
RAb4+Cb4+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 6
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2
Bar 7
Abm
RAb4+Cb4+Eb5
LAb2 Ab2 Ab2
Bar 8
Eb
REb4+G4+Bb4
LEb2 Eb2 Eb2

How to read the bar sheet

The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.

Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.

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Questions about I’ll Try

What are the letter notes for the I’ll Try piano accompaniment?

Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Abm – Eb – Abm – Eb, so the letters repeat with the chords.

What chords are in I’ll Try?

The loop is Abm – Eb – Abm – Eb (iv – I – iv – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Eb – Abm – Eb.

What key is I’ll Try in?

Eb major, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I’ll Try?

Sleepy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I’ll Try easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.